Anthropic says it will commit 5% of shares to ‘public benefit’ fund

Claude creator says fund could used for donations to NGOs and ‘direct distributions to specific populations’.Published On 19 Oct 202619 Oct 2026Anthropic has pledged to commit 5 percent of its shares to a new fund dedicated to the public good, with plans to increase the contribution as the artificial intelligence giant’s market value grows.The creator of the AI assistant Claude announced the new “Anthropic Public Benefit Fund” on Sunday as tech firms face intense scrutiny over the potential dangers posed by the frontier technology.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Alberta independence referendum: Will separatists survive a loss?list 2 of 4Venezuela opposition renews support for Maria Corina Machado as leaderlist 3 of 4Protesters disrupt Ben-Gvir event forcing him off stagelist 4 of 4Flight from Israel makes emergency landing in Bulgaria after bomb threatend of listIn a blog post, Anthropic said it was committing 5 percent of company shares with immediate effect, subject to stockholder approval, with an additional 2 percent to be added “at the board’s discretion” for every 50 percent increase in the company’s value.“Because of the way the Fund is structured, the more Ant...